As part of the long-term advocacy work on Deaf Education (DE) and Inclusive Education (IE), the GNAD organized a One-Day Round-Table Discussion on the drafted Ghanaian sign language curriculum for Deaf schools. The workshop which took place on the 18th of May, 2023 at the GNAD conference hall was attended by representatives from Special Education …
ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON CURRICULUM FOR DEAF SCHOOLS. Read More »
As part of the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD’s) efforts to recognize and promote the Ghanaian Sign Language (GhSL), twenty-nine (29) persons including Deaf and Hearing persons were trained and certified at the Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Department of Health Promotion and Disability Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology …
GNAD TRAINED AND CERTIFIED GHANAIAN SIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS. Read More »
Addressing Mental Health Needs of the Deaf People: The Need For Inclusive Mental Health Policy Below is the link to the Ghanaian Sign Language Video format of the Policy Brief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTbdpoSQtcQ Hits: 69
The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), 2021 responded to the challenges faced by its members around mental health and commenced the implementation of a project called Empowered Deaf People for Improved Mental Health (ENDEIMH) with support from Ghana Somubi Dwumadie (Ghana Participation Program). The Ghana Participation Program is a four-year disability program in …
The Ghana National Association of the (GNAD) has unveiled a comprehensive two (2) days of training the Deaf community from three (3) selected regions, the Western, Upper West, and Bono regions in Accra on Sexual reproductive Health and safe menstrual hygiene practices. This is aimed at Deaf adults or out of school Deaf adolescent to …
The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has held a two days workshop for 15 adolescent girls each from 3 different deaf schools namely Hohoe School for the Deaf, Bechem School for the Deaf, and Savelugu School for the Deaf to train them on menstrual hygiene and sexual reproductive health. …
Advocacy work in GNAD over the past has not been very well-coordinated, thus in the area of advocacy not much progress has been made. As part of the DDL project, GNAD is focusing on advocacy areas addressing the three (3) core human rights issues of the Deaf which are: Deaf people’s right to receive a …
GNAD BUILT THE CAPACITY OF ITS STAFF ON ADVOCACY, NETWORKING AND REPORTING Read More »
The Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD) has handed over Teaching and Learning Materials to the Faculty of Educational Foundations at a short ceremony at the conference room of the Faculty of Educational Foundations. Welcoming the team, the Coordinator of Sign Language Interpreting Programme, UCC, Dr. Irene Vanderpuye, stated that the purpose of the …
GNAD Hands over Teaching Materials to Educational Foundations Read More »
The 2nd batch of students doing Diploma in Ghanaian Sign Language Interpreting at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have successfully completed their course. The students, who were selected from various regions represented a very highly diversity group including qualified Nurses, Teachers and persons who already served as sign language interpreters in various institutions. At …
2ND BATCH OF GHANAIAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS COMPLETED COURSE Read More »